Advocate High Court

Sharafat Ali Chaudhry is an advocate, legislative drafting expert and an academician who has served as Legal Consultant for the Federal Ministry of Law & Justice and the Federal Ministry of Human Rights. He has worked as a Legal Expert with the UN agencies and different national and International Non-profit Organizations including UNICEF, UNDP, UNFPA, UNFAO, The Asia Foundation, Oxford Policy Management and Group Development Pakistan.

Work History


Founding Partner

HSU Advocates
Jan 2016 – Present

Legal Expert Child Rights

Ministry of Rights, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad
Aug 2014 – Dec 2017

Senior Associate

Jurisconsults, Advocates and Advisors, Islamabad
Jan 2014 – Dec 2015

Legal Consultant​

Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad
Mar 2014 – June 2014

Camp Manager​

Qatar Red Crescent, Bagh, AJK
Jan 2008 – Dec 2008

Program Officer

Islamic Relief, Islamabad
April 2007 – Dec 2007

Contracts


National Consultant

UNFPA
Oct 2021 – Present

National Legal Expert

UNFAO
Nov 2020 – Aug 2022

Team Lead- Rule of Law

The Asia Foundation
Sept 2019 – Mar 2020

Projects


National Consultant

UNDP
Oct 2021 – Present

National Legal Expert

UN Women
Nov 2020 – Aug 2022

Team Lead- Rule of Law

Group Development Pakistan
Sept 2019 – Mar 2020

Affiliations​


Islamabad  District Bar Association

Member since 2009

 District Bar Association   Pakpattan

UN Women
Nov 2020 – Aug 2022

 Islamabad High Court Bar Association

Life Member since 2011

Ministry of Human Rights

Member, ICT Child Protection Advisory Board, Pakistan

Ministry of Law and Justice

Member, Special Committee constituted by Ministry of Law and Justice under Anti-Rape Act, 2021

School for Law & Development

Chairperson

HSU Advocates

Founding partner

Yiannis Papazacharia L.L.C.

Overseas Associate Lawyer

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Recent legislative contributions include Gilgit-Baltistan Commission on the Status of Women Act, 2022; the Peshawar High Court (Virtual Court Proceedings) Rules, 2021; the Islamabad Capital Territory Child Protection Act, 2018; the Juvenile Justice System Act, 2018; the National Commission on the Rights of the Child Act, 2017; the Hindu Marriage Act, 2017; the Alternative Dispute Resolution Act, 2017, the Cost of Litigation Act, 2017; and the Balochistan Child Protection Act, 2016.
Mr. Chaudhry is the co-author of Handbook on Child Courts. He has been intensively involved in training of judicial officers, prosecutors and lawyers on human rights laws, in particular juvenile justice, child protection and gender sensitive prosecution. He is the founding Chairperson of the School for Law and Development and the founding partner of the law firm Hassan, Sharafat and Umer Advocates (HSU Advocates).
As an adjunct faculty member, he teaches International Law, Human Rights Law and Criminal Law at Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Judicial Academy, Sindh Judicial Academy and Iqra University.

Education

1. M Phil in International Development Studies : Law And Development

Iqra University – Islamabad (2014 – 2016)
Received merit scholarship
Received Gold Medal
Awarded the Best Community Services Alumnus Award 2019

2. Master of Science: Development Economics And International Development

Iqra University – Islamabad (2011 – 2013)
Received Dean’s Scholarship
Received 4 Distinctions
Received Gold Medal

3. Bachelor of Laws: Civil, Criminal, Constitutional & Contract Laws

Bahauddin Zakariya University – Multan (2002 – 2006)

4. Master of Arts: English Literature

Bahauddin Zakariya University – Multan (1997 – 2000)

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